-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Covering Donald Trump 's various speaking engagements these past few weeks, it seems like every time I go into Getty Images to pull photos of the man, there are dozens showing him at the podium clutching a container of Tic Tacs in each hand. It took me a while to land here, sure, but on this very day, I began to question — why is the former president seemingly obsessed with the sugary treat my farmer grandfather used to keep in his shirt pocket? Turns out, the answer's simple. The man loves a prop.
A deep dive into Trump + Tic Tacs on Google yields results going all the way back to 2019, with an article from The Washington Post detailing that he provided his housekeepers with strict instructions to set out "exactly two full containers and one half-full container in his bedroom bureau" daily. The White House press secretary at the time, Stephanie Grisham, issued a statement disputing this, saying, "The assertions made for this story are not only false, they are a disgusting attempt at invading the privacy of the First Family." But, there must have been something to it because he's still out here rattling those things around.
Related Ex-GOP lawmaker describes Trump as smelling like a mix of armpits, ketchup and a butt In May, during a speech in Minnesota, Trump brought his Tic Tacs out for the world to see, using them to illustrate how he feels as though Biden is doing inflation wrong and he's doing it right. "Biden blamed his economic .
